Who can say no to that face? ^__^ This is why the local True Value hardware store (which allows pets inside) is a frequent hangout of ours; Torpedo gets the red carpet treatment, we're just his entourage!

Somehow we ended up with pets that match. He is a smooth tri-color collie and she is a calico. We are all cat people (my son surprised me with this, but he really prefers cats), but I'm also a dog person.

Here's our Chow Chow Achilles and our Newfoundland / Pyrenees mix Montreaux. They both just love our granddaughters. We also have a female Chow named Kashmir and another male Chow named Coda.

Besides being dog lovers, my wife and I are Led Zeppelin fans, and that's where our dogs names come from; Coda (album), Kashmir (song), Achilles Last stand (song), and Bonzo's Montreaux. Our first Chow was named Zoso!